Ex-Sea of Thieves Dev Builds a Game to Propose to His Girlfriend

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In another episode of heart-melting gamer stories, a game designer, who previously worked on Sea of Thieves, shared how he recently proposed to his girlfriend through the medium of video games. The former Sea of Thieves dev broke down the mechanics of his pixel graphics game, gaining appreciation online for the thoughtful gesture.

Within the gaming community, it's not rare to find instances in which gamers have opted to use game-inspired ways to pop the big question to their partners. Whether it be incorporating a marriage proposal within a game or using custom merchandise to impress their lover, gamers have often come up with creative proposals in the past. However, in the latest instance, it is a game developer that has leveraged the popular digital medium to confess his love for his partner.

In a Twitter post that is currently wowing users, ex-Sea of Thieves dev Aaron Nielsen announced that he made a marriage proposal for his lover by building a pixel graphics arcade game. He revealed that the game, titled "Love Letter," was built for the Playdate console and required the player to move a bunch of letters to their corresponding letterboxes, using Playdate's unique crank, within a given time limit. Upon finishing this, the game would trigger the «Will you marry me?» message prompt, which the player could answer with a «Yes» or a «No.» While his girlfriend's answer to the prompt was positive, putting curiosity to rest, Nielsen clarified that selecting the «No» option would have started a looping «Are you sure?» prompt.

In addition, Nielsen discussed how he went through the process of creating the ad hoc game. The game designer shared that he used the Pulp editor to make Love Letter. Highlighting his lack of coding experience, he revealed that he sometimes relied on the community to get him through stops. Recapping the development process, he added that the game had undergone «many iterations over the [sic] six months.» Further, the developer concluded that «her